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Ort - Karol X Gustaw Swedish Occupation
| Issuer | Toruń, City of |
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| Year | 1656 |
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| Weight | 6.34 g |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and draped bust of Charles X Gustav of Sweden facing left, depicted with long flowing hair and armored shoulders, the effigy rendered in high relief in the baroque style typical of mid-17th-century Polish-Prussian coinage. A wreath of laurel leaves crowns the king's head, and the bust terminates at the truncation with visible plate armor detail. The surrounding circular legend in Latin reads CAROLUS GUSTAVUS DG REX, separated by pellets, running clockwise along the outer rim. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Toruń's ort of 1656 was struck under Swedish occupation during the Second Northern War, when Karl X Gustav's forces had swept through the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the campaign Poles later called the Deluge. The city, though a royal Prussian municipality nominally under Polish suzerainty, operated under Swedish military control at the time of minting — making this coin a direct product of that contested authority rather than of any settled civic order.
Kopicki 9689 is not a common attribution, and examples in collectible condition surface infrequently.